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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWisconsin Gym Posts Offensive 'I CAN'T BREATHE' Workout
TMZA Wisconsin gym is catching major heat over posting a workout titled "I Can't Breathe" ... and now, the fitness center's owner tells TMZ Sports she's "deeply" sorry for the offensive sign.
Here's the deal ... Jen Dunnington, co-owner of Anytime Fitness in Wauwatosa, WI, says one of her trainers attempted to "honor" George Floyd by posting a workout for members this week.
She says the group of exercises was meant to "be a workout so hard that we felt what he felt" ... but when people in the community viewed the whiteboard for the workout, it was immediately hit with backlash.
Hundreds of people commented on the sign -- which featured the words "I Can't Breathe" and "don't you dare lay down" with a drawing of a kneeling person -- calling it inappropriate and appalling.
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Wisconsin Gym Posts Offensive 'I CAN'T BREATHE' Workout (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jun 2020
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PatSeg
(46,804 posts)1. Are they insane?
lettucebe
(2,336 posts)2. What the actual F?
captain queeg
(10,036 posts)3. These are the guys who were packed into crowded bars a few weeks ago
I suspect some of them will be having trouble breathing soon. The ones who are asymptomatic will be caravanning down to OK for the Nazi rally.